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Brace yourself for Volvo's allnew seven-seater XC90 offroader. It also has T-shaped daylight running lights dubbed 'Thor's Hammer' after the Norse god of Thunder and comic book and cinematic superhero.

'Anyone who looks in their rearview mirror is going to know immediately that there is a new XC90 behind them,' says Thomas Ingenlath, Volvo's senior vice-president for design. 'The XC90 is a car that has presence on the road.'

Ssanyyong has refreshed its range for the new plate and also marks its 60th birthday with some fully-loaded special offers.

The Korean firm's anniversary editions of the Korando crossover, which start at £21,245, and Rexton W seven-seat off-roader, from £25,995, are in pearl white lily metallic paint.

The Korando range starts from £14,995, and the Rexton W from £21,995.

Watch out, too, for the world premiere of Mercedes-Benz's C63 AMG saloon and estate and the new generation B-Class. Meanwhile, MB's sporting S-Class Coupe goes on sale next month with the powerful S63 AMG costing from £125,595 and the S65 AMG from £183,065. An S500 AMG Line arrives next year priced from £96,665.

Hyundai has given a sneak preview of its new i20 hatchback ahead of its official unveiling at the Paris Motor Show in October.

It'll be longer and larger than the present model and promises generous load space and room for five adults.

Hyundai has given a sneak preview of its new i20 hatchback ahead of its official unveiling in October

The Korean maker is also putting in a vast, openable panoramic roof and aims to raise the stakes in the areas of interior quality and comfort to give a more expensive feel. Reversing cameras and other high-tech accessories are mooted.

The i20 is Hyundai's challenge to the best-selling Ford Fiesta.

Priced between £10,000 and £14,000, its engines are likely to include 1.2 litre petrol, 1.4-litre diesel, a powerful 1.6-litre turbocharged GDi engine and possibly a frugal 1-litre three-cylinder unit.

Arguably the world's fastest sports utility vehicle has zoomed out of Jaguar Land Rover's Special Vehicle Operations stable. The Range Rover Sport SVO is powered by a specially tuned 542bhp 5-litre V8 linked to an eight-speed automatic gearbox that propels it from rest to 60mph in 4.5 seconds and up to a top speed limited to 162mph, making it the fastest Range Rover ever.

It has also set a record at Germany's Nurburgring by lapping the infamous Nordschleife circuit in 8 minutes 14 seconds — the fastest ever time for an SUV.

Paint it black, sang the Rolling Stones, and Honda has done just that with a new Black Edition of its Civic hatchback.

To spread the load of the car costing £21,455, Honda is offering monthly payments from £249, 0 per cent APR over three years and a £500 deposit contribution.

The new Civic Black Edition, from £21,455, is available with either the 1.6i-DTEC diesel or 1.8i-VTEC petrol engines.

Both combine a number of gloss black elements to give what Honda calls 'a bold look with attitude'. A gloss-black roof spoiler accentuates the car's dynamic shape.

There are similar deals on other models in the Civic range, with prices from £16,995.

Vintage cars will be to the fore at next month's Goodwood Revival event.

It'll celebrate the anniversary of the discovery of Sir Jackie Stewart, aged 24, at Goodwood in 1964 — sparking half a century of motorsport success for the three-time Formula 1 world champion.

The festival's host, the Earl of March, will also be marking 75 years since the establishment of RAF Westhampnett — the name given to the Goodwood Aerodrome during WWII when his family gave it to the RAF to aid the war effort.

The Goodwood mess will carry a wartime theme, with visitors entering through a garrison to be surrounded by bunting, sandbags, 'Keep Calm and Carry On' posters and the sound of air-raid sirens.

A spokesman said: 'Westhampnett was best known as a Spitfire base and it was from here that Douglas Bader flew his final sortie.